‘No anti-national statements’: Kiren Rijiju’s advice to Rahul Gandhi over his foreign policy remarks; reiterates ‘Pakistani language’ attack | India News

NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju hit again at Rahul Gandhi with a suggestion that as “the leader of the opposition (in Lok Sabha), he should not say anything anti-national.” Reiterating his attack of “speaking language of Pakistan,” Rijiju questioned Rahul’s intentions behind attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over foreign policy, mentioning that ‘opposition additionally has a task in doing good work for the nation.”“Now you blame the prime minister for foreign policy, as a substitute of uniting the nation, you converse towards the Prime Minister of the nation. What does the nation achieve from this? Opposition doesn’t imply abusing the nation. The opposition additionally has a task in doing good work for the nation. When it comes to foreign policy, we shouldn’t be divided,” Rijiju said.During the Congress government, we did not attack the prime minister separately on foreign policy. The way Rahul Gandhi tries to mislead people on foreign policy by speaking the language of Pakistan, it harms the country. We will suggest to him that as the leader of the opposition, he should not say anything anti-national,” he added.Talking in regards to the upcoming Parliament session, Rijiju mentioned, “Parliament is about to begin. Whatever issue comes up in Parliament, we will listen to it. Yesterday I had a very good meeting with Kharge ji and Rahul ji. I keep having regular meetings with leaders of other opposition parties. Being a parliamentary minister, it is my responsibility to maintain coordination with everyone. But whatever the issue is, we can resolve it only by discussing. Nothing will be achieved by creating a ruckus,” he mentioned.Rahul Gandhi criticized exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar, saying that he’s “running a full-blown circus aimed at destroying India’s foreign policy”.“I guess the Chinese foreign minister will come and apprise Modi about recent developments in China-India ties. The EAM is now running a full-blown circus aimed at destroying India’s foreign policy,” Gandhi had mentioned.This got here after Jaishankar appraised China over improved ties with India, particularly up to now 9 months. However, he had pressed upon the necessity to handle remaining points, together with full de-escalation. He had additionally highlighted the significance of easing commerce restrictions and boosting people-to-people exchanges.